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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Valero LP, Environmental Issues, BP Plc, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaBahrain's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oil field,...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Bahrain, Labor Markets
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INSIGHT-The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersBy Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota, May 19 (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not...Tags: Environmental Issues, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Politics, Energy, Conservation
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ANALYSIS-At margins of US shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria
Reuters* Data show Utica, touted as $500bln bounty, all gas and no oil * NuStar shelved pipeline project in Colorado, lack of shippers * Crude by rail more flexible, faster startup, shorter commitment By Kristen Hays and Jonathan Leff HOUSTON/NEW YORK, May...Tags: Aubrey K. McClendon, Citigroup Incorporated, Plains All American Pipeline LP, Energy Resources, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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Analysis: At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria
ReutersHOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to market....Tags: Aubrey K. McClendon, Plains All American Pipeline LP, Citigroup Incorporated, Energy Resources, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
ReutersWATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." It's not that they lack water, like...Tags: Environmental Issues, EOG Resources Incorporated, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Politics, Energy
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Indonesia to rebuff incentive proposal for oil refineries
The Jakarta PostJAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN) -- The Indonesian government will likely reject fiscal incentives proposed by foreign investors to kick off the construction of new fuel processing plants despite the lack of capacity of existing domestic refineries to...Tags: Jakarta (Indonesia), Environmental Issues, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Germany, Conservation
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RPT COLUMN-Carbon capture faces scale dilemma: Gerard Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) * Repeats to additional subscribers By Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - European policymakers face a difficult decision on building carbon capture and storage (CCS) -...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, United Kingdom, Petroleum Industry
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Dust in the wind: Southwest ND counties at work to contain irritant
The Dickinson PressIn 1978, Kansas sang "all we are is dust in the wind." For residents of southwestern North Dakota in 2013 caught in a dust storm on a windy day, that lyric can certainly ring true. The region's dust storms -- a worrisome issue for county officials and a...Tags: National Weather Service, Physical Conditions, Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Allergies
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OPINION: Spike in gas price sparks economics lesson
Duluth News TribuneIf you participate in a 401(k) plan that even remotely touches the stock market, be sure to tell the administrator where you want your pork bellies delivered. What, not enough room in your backyard to store a train car full of pig innards? Then how...Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Passenger Cars, 401K, Petroleum Industry
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UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms
Reuters* Committee to consider proposed inquiry on Tuesday * ENRC, Bumi among those expected to testify By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms...Tags: Mining, Parliament, Politics, United Kingdom, Metal and Mineral
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Strictly Business: Asking the big questions
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.It's a reflection of the Port of Vancouver's desire to do the right thing that it held a public workshop last week to discuss how to handle crude oil safely, including how to clean up potential oil spills in the Columbia River. The discussion stemmed...Tags: Alternative Energy, Water Pollution, Business, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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